About Panasonic 45-200mm Mirrorless

PANASONIC 45-200mm F/4-5.6 MICRO 4/3

If the PANASONIC 45-200mm f/4-5.6 MICRO 4/3 zoom lens looks powerful, that’s because it is. But there’s more to a good lens than raw power—there’s also a high degree of craftsmanship and design required to make every shot beautiful. Luckily, the Panasonic 45-200 lens succeeds there, as well:

Product Highlights

With 1:5 magnification and a 3.3’ minimum focus distance, there’s plenty of room to play with even when utilizing the zoom on your Panasonic 45-200mm lens to its fullest extent.

At less than one pound (13.4 ounces, actually), this lens is surprisingly light and durable, giving you all the freedom to put it into action.

Panasonic Micro Four Thirds lenses are part of the larger Micro Four Thirds system and are interchangeable with many digital cameras in this format. Bottom line? If you want more out of a lens, we suggest contacting your local space agency.

Learn about the PANASONIC 45-200mm F/4-5.6 MICRO 4/3

When it’s time to take a serious picture, nothing will suffice but the most serious of lenses. Enter, the PANASONIC 45-200mm f/4-5.6 MICRO 4/3. Just one look at it will convince you that it’s substantial. Of course, there’s more to a piece of photography equipment like this than just how it looks on the outside; what’s more important is what’s going on inside. To that end, we’re going to steer you through just a few of our favorite features and characteristics of this Panasonic 45-200mm lens in order to provide a list of everything you need to make one very serious—and seriously good—lens.

Intricate design. You’d usually expect a word like “intricate” to better apply to a smaller, more compact lens design. But even a giant space telescope requires intricate designs if it’s going to produce the beautiful imagery of which it’s capable. So, too, is the Panasonic 45-200 lens intricately-designed on the inside, featuring 13 lens groups and 16 lens elements, all structured together to provide a narrower angle of view that makes this lens capable of handling beautiful far-off shots of landscapes and wildlife.

Yet one of the advantages of this substantial Panasonic 45-200 lens is that, well, it’s not all that substantial when it comes to the weight. Its paltry 13.4 ounces is lighter than it looks, giving this lens the ability to travel well. And that’s good news, because you’re going to want to take all sorts of outdoor shots with this lens. Adding less than a pound to your travel bag, this lens won’t only justify its own space, but it will be one of the most efficient additions to your photographic toolbox.

There is also a surprising amount of versatility in the Panasonic 45-200 lens. The f/stop range of 4-22 and the minimum focus distance of 3.3’ mean that you’ll be able to take close-up shots with more ease than you might have imagined. The lens is crafted for a stunning amount of clarity and crispness for these shots, as well, which means that it offers true professional versatility—which is something rare in a lens of this design.

Easily interchangeable because it’s built for the Micro Four Thirds Lens mount systems, you won’t have any trouble finding a comfortable home for your Panasonic lens. And that’s good news, because you can park this lens on a camera body with plenty of processing power if you want to squeeze the most performance out of every shot.

Fast and accurate autofocus is sometimes a foregone conclusion when it comes to pieces from Panasonic, but it’s worth mentioning here because of the demands you may make on a lens of this power. It requires fast and accurate autofocus if you’re going to steal that beautiful landscape shot or sneak a photograph of a deer across the horizon.

At Adorama, we offer a wide variety of lenses, but few with the raw power and beauty of the PANASONIC 45-200mm f/4-5.6 MICRO 4/3 zoom lens. But if you don’t want to take our word for it, there’s only one thing to be done—try the lens and see for yourself.

From the Manufacturer

The Panasonic 45-200mm Mirrorless is commonly used for Landscape/scenery, Sports/action, Wildlife photos and more.The Panasonic 45-200mm Mirrorless is most used by customers who consider themselves to be a Photo enthusiast among others.The Panasonic 45-200mm Mirrorless is popular because customers like the following qualities of the Panasonic 45-200mm Mirrorless: Consistent output, Easily interchangeable, Fast / accurate auto-focus, Lightweight and Strong construction

I have used this product with wild life and it was a pleasure. Highly recommend it.

Reviewed by 12 customers

Thursday, July 31, 2014

5.0

Great perfroming lens

By Rebelranger II

from Bay Area, California

I use this lens on my GH4 and love it. It performs well outdoors but not so great in low light situations. For the price this is a feature rich lens that is stellar in performance. When shooting longer focal distances, I do recommend using a tripod as the longer focal lengths will exhibit shake in the images. Presntly use on a GH3 and GH4

Using this on my New GH4 its a great outdoor lens. Images are crisp and very sharp. Colors are vibrant and great. Indoor use is ok but in low light situations it's not superb. But stick to using it outdoors and it performs well.

I bought this lens to give me added flexibility. I have taken it on a holiday to Tasmania where the light is like no other I have seen - and it performed beautifully. The lens doesn't come out a lot but when it does it does what is needed. If you read some advice and keep within the lens aperture sweet spot and you will be rewarded with some very crisp shots. Great for framing distance shots that would normally be ho hum and excellent for architectural detail on buildings of interest. I have had very good hand held results that range from snow to bright sunlight to cloud and indoor macro photography of detailed quilting. Autofocus is quick and accurate and manual focus is also easy to use. The lens is not an every day kit lens but it does exactly what I needed.

I bought this to add to my GF1 GX1 system, to keep a lens on each body, I am very pleased with its quality and color. It does creep a bit in low light, so in such cases I just switch to manual focus, but my most uses are outdoors daylight and for this purpose is fabulous

When I saw this lens I was so happy. I have a Olympus Pen E-PL 1 and it worked very well with it. I was first very concern because this is the only lens I have that is not Olympus and worried that it may not work very well. As I practice and use it, it gives me the result I wanted. With this price, you should own one. I have no complain so far...

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Shopper
Will this lens fit to my Olympus PEN E-PL1?

THOMAS E
Yes, it works fabulously -- retaining full function (including anti-shake). It provides a useful 90-400 equivalent telephoto range, which is a lot of reach, especially relative to its compactness.

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Why Did You Choose This?

ROBERT G
The long telephoto reach for my Olympus EPL-1. However, lens turned out to be as large and heavy as my Nikon 55-200 zoom for DSLR. The pictures are a bit washed out at the long 200 end. In retrospect, the Olympus 40-150 would have been preferable (half the size, less weight, comparable picture quality at 150).

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Need to know if this lens will fit the Olympus ODD E-M1 or M5?

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